Aug. 8 Olympics scenes: Day 12

American Allyson Felix celebrated after winning the women's 200-meter final race at Olympic Stadium.
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Allyson Felix won gold in the 200 meters, crossing the finish line ahead of Murielle Ahoure of Cote d'Ivoire a and Carmelita Jeter of the United States.
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Another Americasn winner Wednesday was Aries Merritt, who won the gold medal in the Men's 110-meter hurdles..
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Aries Merritt crossed the finish line ahead of Jason Richardson of the United States to win gold.
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Officials try to separate the players of Spain and France after a hard foul by France's Nicolas Batum during their men's quarterfinal basketball match. The game was chippy throughout and ugly at the end as Spain prevailed.
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United States' Ashton Eaton reacted after his throw in the shot put in the decathlon in the Olympic Stadium. Eaton placed 10th in group A with 769 points, losing to Kazakhstan's Karpov Dmitriy (880).
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Jennifer Kessy (left) and April Ross of the United States celebrated a point during the women's beach volleyball gold medal match.
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Kerri Walsh Jennings (left) and Misty May-Treanor of the United States celebrated winning the gold medal match in women's beach volleyball.
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LONDON, ENGLAND—AUGUST 08: Amanda Bingson of the United States competed in the women's hammer throw qualifications, finishing 13th in group B with a throw of 67.29 meters. China's Zhang Wenxiu placed first with a 74.53-meter throw.
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Spain's Jose Calderon went in for a layup between France's Ronny Turiaf (left) and Boris Diaw.
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Tony Parker of France looked on in the second half while taking on Spain during the men's basketball quaterfinal game.
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Russia's Timofey Mozgov (right) dunked over Lithuania's Jonas Valanciunas during their men's quarterfinal basketball match at the North Greenwich Arena. Russia defeated Lithuania, 83-74, advancing to the semifinals on Friday.
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Battsetseg Soronzonbold of Mongolia competed against Kaori Icho of Japan (in blue) during the 63-kg women's wrestling freestyle competition.
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